Razor blade drier and container



May 1934. L s LlFTQN 1,9569743 RAZOR BLADE DRIER AND CONTAINER Filed April 26, 1933 ATORNEY Patented May l, 1934 UNITED STA-'rss PATENT OFFICE RAZOR BLADE mmm AND CONTAINER This invention relates to an appliance serving for wiping and absorbing the moisture on razor blades and for housing the blades after shaving.

An object of this invention is to provide an absorbent pad adapted to frictionally engage razor blades of the safety razor type and comprising a plurality of superposed sheets of blotting-paper bound into inseparable unitary relation for wiping and drying wet razor blades after shaving.

Another object of this invention is to provide an absorbent pad comprising a plurality of sheets of blotting-paper bound at two opposite margins in close engagement between upper and lower layers of stii cardboard having an element of rigidity, the cardboard being limited in length to provide maximum rigidity and causing a frictional pressure to be exerted upon a razor blade when inserted between any two sheets of the blotting-paper in the pad.

Another object of this invention is to provide an absorbent p ad for drying and housing razor blades, the pad being bound at two opposite margins and having absorbent sheets of a depth slightly less than the length of a razor blade so that when a blade is inserted in housing relation in the pad an end portion of the blade will project from the absorbent sheets and serve as a handle for removing the blade from the pad.

Another object of this invention is to form elongated incurved ribs in the cardboard covers of the pad, the ribs being positioned in noncentral relation with the absorbent sheets and serving as grip means for engaging with a central slot in the razor blade to secure the razor blade in frictional and non-central housing engagement in the absorbent sheets of pad.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention will be hereinafter more particularly described, and the combination and arrangement of parts will be shown in the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the claims which form part of this speciiication.

Reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several form of razor blade drier, the section being taken as on line 3-3 in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a sectional view, the section being taken as on line 4 4 in Figure 2.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 shows a. razor blade drier 10, consisting of card-board covers 11, 1l, and a plurality 0f superposed sheets of blotting-paper 12, bound into inseparable unitary relation by pasting t0- gether at two opposite margins by means of strips of fabric 13, 13. The razor blade drier 10, thus consists of a rectangular pad with its two lengthwise sides 14, 14, not bound together and of small and convenient sizevfo use in the hand and limited in length to only permit a razor blade of the safety razor type to be inserted between any two of the sheets of blotting-paper, the blotting-paper exerting a frictional pressure upon the razor blade. When a razor blade in wet condition after shaving is inserted between any two sheets of the blotting-paper in the pad, the blotting sheets will instantly absorb the water from both sides of the razor blade and prevent it from rusting and thus avoiding the necessity for towels or cloths for drying razor blades after use. The cardboard covers press the blotting papers together into frictional contact with the surfaces of the razor blade. It is to be noted that the cardboard covers may have printed matter on their outer surfaces such as advertisements and that the razor blade driers may be made and sold at a low cost. One or both of the covers may be made of celluloid and the advertising matter may be printed on gummed paper and pasted to the inner faces of the celluloid covers and be readable through the celluloid. The use of celluloid for the covers being desirable because moisture or water cannot be absorbed by the celluloid. As it is essential that the covers have considerable stiifness or rigidity and be adapted to press the layers-of blotting-paper intofrictional engagement with an inserted razor blade, I have found it to be imperative to limit the length of the razor blade drier to only slightly more than the longest side of a razor blade and so that the covers will have sufcient strength to press the blotting-paper together and keep them compressed at all times. I have also found it necessary to bind the sheets of blotting-paper and the covers into inseparable unitary relation so as to maintain the xed unitary. nature of the bound margins.

Referring to Figures Z to 4, inclusive, it will be seen that I have provided a modiiled form of razor blade drier 15, similar to the razor blade drier 10, but having ribs 16, 16, pressed inwardly in noncentral relation into each of the covers 17, 17,

Slightly shorter than the length f the slot 19. AS

into forced engagement with the inner layers of blotting-paper 18. The width of a rib 16 being of a size to permit it to enter a central slot 19 in the razor blade 20, and the length of a rib being best shown in Figure '2, it lwill be seen that one or two razor blades 20 may be inserted into the razor blade drier 15 between one of the covers 17 and an adjoining blotter 18, with the sides of the slot 19, in engagement with one of the ribs 16, the razor blade 20 being in non-central housed engagement in the razor blade drier 15, the razor blade drier or absorbent pad also serving as a. container for razor blades. It will be noted that the depth of the razor blade drier 15 is slightly less than the length of a razor blade 20, so that the reduced and non-sharpened end portion 21, of the blade will project outwardly from the pad and serve as a handle for inserting or removing the blade from the pad.

It is to be noted that the razor blade may be inserted either lengthwise or endwise between the absorbent sheets of the razor blade drier. In addition, in order to secure a greater degree of rigidity in the covers, I may alter the construction of the absorbent pad, so that the lengthwise side of the drier would be terminated by the non-- bound sides 14, 14, instead of the bound sides 13, 13, as shown in Figure 1.

It is also to be noted that I may use chamois as the wiping material instead of blotting-paper in my blade-blotter novelty and that the device is susceptible of further changes, modications and improvements coming within the scope oi the appended claims. Y

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is: v

1. A razor blade drier and container comprising two non-absorbent covers and Vabsorbent sheets between the covers, said covers .and absorbent sheets being bound at two opposite margins into'inseparable unitary relation, and one or more ribs pressed inwardly in said covers in noncentrall relation with the absorbent sheets in the pad to grip razor blades having a central slot in non-central housing engagement in the absorbent sheets.

2. A razor blade drier and container comprising two covers made of non-absorbent material having an element of rigidity, a plurality of absorbent sheets interposed between the covers, means for binding the covers and the intermediate sheets at two opposite margins into inseparable unitary relation, the dimension between the unbound margins of the absorbent sheets being less than the length of a razor blade, the covers being provided with a plurality of ribs pressed inwardly in non-central relation with the absorbent sheets in the pad to grip one or more razor blades having a central slot in non-central relation with the absorbent sheets when inserted into housing relation in the container, and causing an end portion of each razor blade to project outwardly and forming a handlefor removing the blade from the container.

LOUIS S. LIFI'ON. 

